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Microbial Metabolite Inspired β‐Peptide Polymers Displaying Potent and Selective Antifungal Activity

Advanced Science, 2022
Potent and selective antifungal agents are urgently needed due to the quick increase of serious invasive fungal infections and the limited antifungal drugs available. Microbial metabolites have been a rich source of antimicrobial agents and have inspired
Donghui Zhang, Chao Shi, Zihao Cong, Qi Chen, Yufang Bi, Junyu Zhang, Kaiqian Ma, Shiqi Liu, Jiawei Gu, Minzhang Chen, Ziyi Lu, Haodong Zhang, Jiayang Xie, Ximian Xiao, Longqiang Liu, Weinan Jiang, Ning Shao, Sheng Chen, Min Zhou, Xiaoyan Shao, Yidong Dai, Maoquan Li, Lixin Zhang, Runhui Liu   +23 more
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A comprehensive review on potential applications of metallic nanoparticles as antifungal therapies to combat human fungal diseases

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023
Human pathogenic fungi are responsible for causing a range of infection types including mucosal, skin, and invasive infections. Life-threatening and invasive fungal infections (FIs) are responsible for mortality and morbidity, especially for individuals ...
Osama A. Madkhali
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Antifungal Properties of Essential Oils and Their Compounds for Application in Skin Fungal Infections: Conventional and Nonconventional Approaches

Molecules, 2021
Essential oils (EOs) are known to have varying degrees of antimicrobial properties that are mainly due to the presence of bioactive compounds. These include antiviral, nematicidal, antifungal, insecticidal and antioxidant properties.
Aswir Abd Rashed, Devi-Nair Gunasegavan Rathi, Nor Atikah Husna Ahmad Nasir, Ahmad Zuhairi Abd Rahman   +3 more
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Novel Natural and Synthetic Anticandidal Therapeutic Peptides to Combat Drug-Resistant Infections

Medical Sciences Forum, 2023
Candida species are considered as common flora of the healthy human mycobiome and occur on skin, mucosal surfaces of gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracks. Pathogenic Candida spp., reported to cause skin, vaginal and oral infections. Extensive use of
Deepika Sharma
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Antifungal Combinations in Dermatophytes

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Dermatophytes are the most common cause of fungal infections worldwide, affecting millions of people annually. The emergence of resistance among dermatophytes along with the availability of antifungal susceptibility procedures suitable for testing ...
Lucia Brescini, Simona Fioriti, Gianluca Morroni, Francesco Barchiesi   +3 more
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Aspiring Antifungals: Review of Current Antifungal Pipeline Developments

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Invasive fungal infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and their management is restricted to a variety of agents from five established classes of antifungal medication.
Thomas J. Gintjee, Monica A. Donnelley, George R. Thompson   +2 more
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Pediatric antifungal agents [PDF]

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2009
In immunocompromised hosts, invasive fungal infections are common and fatal. In the past decade, the antifungal armamentarium against invasive mycoses has expanded greatly. The purpose of the present report is to review the most recent literature addressing the use of antifungal agents in children.Most studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of ...
Michael, Cohen-Wolkowiez, Cassandra, Moran, Daniel K, Benjamin, Phillip B, Smith   +3 more
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Use of volatile fingerprints for rapid screening of antifungal agents for efficacy against dermatophyte Trichophyton species [PDF]

, 2010
The potential of using an electronic nose (E-nose) as a rapid technique for screening the responses of dermatophytes to antifungal agents was studied.
Adriaans, B, Barr, Hugh, Magan, Naresh, Sahgal, N, Sahgal, Natasha, Barr, H, Magan, N, Naraghi, Kamran, Adriaans, Beverley, Naraghi, K   +9 more
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Use of antifungal drugs in hematology

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2012
Invasive fungal disease represents a major complication in hematological patients. Antifungal agents are frequently used in hematologic patients for different purposes.
Marcio Nucci
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Modes of action of the new arylguanidine abafungin beyond interference with ergosterol biosynthesis and in vitro activity against medically important fungi [PDF]

, 2008
Background: In contrast to the increasing numbers of agents for the treatment of invasive fungal infections, discoveries of new antifungal agents with therapeutic value in dermatomycoses are reported only rarely.
Borelli, Claudia, Korting, Hans Christian, Tietjen, K., Niewerth, M., Schaller, M., Lang-Fugmann, S., Tiemann, R., Fugmann, B., Baasner, B., Nocker, K., Berg, D.   +10 more
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